Double Tube with Freestanding Zigzag

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Double Tube with Freestanding Zigzag

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date4th-5th century

DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Diam (rim): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Diam (body): 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)

MediumFree-blown and tooled glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1263

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DescriptionThis double-tube vessel is made of transparent brownish yellow-green glass (between 5 Y 6/4 and 10 Y 6/6) with a translucent thread of the same color. It was free-blown, and the pontil mark, about 1.0 cm in diameter, has been ground off. The body was pinched once lengthwise to create two tubular compartments that broaden toward their greatest diameter above the base. The rim is folded outward, upward, and inward. A freestanding zigzag coil was applied to the upper body from left to right, with eleven segments between the upper body and the rim. Below the zigzag, nine revolutions of thread were trailed on from left to right, first upward to the base of the zigzag, then continuing down to about 2.0 cm above the base. The thread decoration was added after the body was pinched. The narrow, flattened base helps the vessel stand securely.